Two warm up matches for the T20 world cup today and both resulted in expected team winning it.
The match between Sri Lanka and Ireland could have been closer than the result if the Irish lower order batting had not collapsed. Sri Lanka batting first made 163 and Ireland chasing the target, lost 5 of their last wickets for just 14 runs.
Afghanistan and Scotland was too similar but Afghanistan won by a larger margin. Afganistan batting was led by Gulabdin Naib and Azmatullah Omarzai, other than them, the batting lineup had been disappointing. For Scotland chasing a target of 179, Mark Watt, a bowler was the highest scorer. 5 of its batsmen not reaching a double digit score.
Sri Lanka won this match by 41 runs. Sri Lanka bowled very well on the slow wicket, because of which Sri Lanka restricted Ireland to just 122 runs. Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana look like their bowling line can stop any team in the World Cup.
Afghanistan won by 55 runs against Scotland. Afghanistan used nine bowlers to chase down the target of 179 runs and seven of them claimed wickets. Before the start of the main phase, Afghanistan's batsmen and bowlers indicat that Afghanistan could cause the biggest disaster in this World Cup.